PUBLISHED: Jun 13, 2011
DESCRIPTION:
Chiaroscuro Trio:
Elizabeth Pétillot, contralto
Aurelien Pétillot, viola
Yuko Kato, piano
Five Ancient Odes on poems by Sappho.
Translation Lionel Salter
I. As the storm-wind sweeps down from the mountain
and bursts into the oak-trees,
so does Eros convulse me again,
enfeebling my unresisting limbs.
He came secretly at first,
embraced me flatteringly,
and then, ah!
became the bringer of such bitter raptures.